Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Bachelor's degree
Experience
2 years to less than 3 years
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Conduct studies and develop processes and machinery to concentrate, extract and refine metals from ores
- Conduct studies on the properties of materials and characteristics of materials
- Read blueprints and drawings
- Design, develop and specify processes for moulding, forming and thermal treatment of metals, alloys, ceramics and other materials
- Conduct chemical and physical analytical studies, failure analyses and operational testing, and recommend materials and corrosion control measures
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) by a provincial or territorial association
Experience and specialization
Area of work experience
- Operations or production
- Quality assurance or control
- Research and development
- Specification or technical writing